Anderson v. Santa Anna
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT CP THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.. This was a suit at law to recover on municipal bonds issued in payment of a subscription to railroad stock. The facts which make the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
This is an action to recover from the township of Santa Anna, established under the general township organization laws of Illinois, the amount of certain negotiable bonds, with interest coupons attached, signed by its supervisor and clerk, and purporting to have been issued by it, on the 1st day of October, 1867, “ under and by virtue of a law of the State of Illinois, entitled £ An act to amend the articles of association of the Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad .Company, and to extend the powers of and confer a charter upon the same,’ approved February 28,1867, and in…
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